Meditations on "Relationship"

Will you be my Valentine? This day is meant to remind us of love and of hearts joined together in intimate friendship and commitment.

Those of us who just like doing familiar things that appeal to us will find it a challenge to be willing to live in the ways of God.

Soft addictions are habits or behaviors we use to control distressing moods or thought patterns.

God invites us to a life of gentleness where we honour truth, respect the dignity of everyone, including ourselves, and delight in the joy and wonder of each new day.

At various times on our recovery journey we are asked to take personal inventory.

Shame is a powerful emotion which repeatedly tells us that we are worthless, unacceptable, unforgiveable, and have no place in a loving relationship.

Often people who have no relationship with God will pray when they are in trouble or when they urgently need help in a time of great distress.

Just for today I will be unafraid, believing that as I trust in God with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding, He will lead me along a good path.

We all need hope. Today we are affirming the hope we will experience when what has been impossible for us to do on our own becomes possible as we reach out for help to a Power greater than ourselves.

In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous there is a section on making amends and sorting things out with our families.

An important part of recovery is coming to an honest view of what happened in our relationships.

We come into recovery because we recognize we are powerless over addictive substances, people, or things that we have become dependent on to sustain life as we know it.